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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1910 



PEONIES 



From the Cottage Gardens Famous Collection 



^[ We offer a selection of about three hun- 

 dred of the choicest varieties in one, two 

 and three year old roots. 



^ Do not fail to send for our FREE CAT- 

 ALOGUE which gives authentic descrip- 

 tions. It also tells you how to plant and grow 

 this beautiful flow^er successfully. 



^T Shipping season commences September 1st 

 and continues during the Fall months. 



Cottage Gardens Co., Inc. 



Queens, Long Island New York 



Nurseries 



Bobbink & Atkins 



World's Choicest Nursery Products 



AUGUST PLANTING 



Intending purchasers should visit our Nursery 

 and inspect the material we grow. We liave experi- 

 enced men to advise you and the completeness of our 

 assortment will insure you of securing the proper ma- 

 terial for every location. Haying 250 acres of the 

 most fertile ground under cultivation places us in a 

 position to fill orders of any magnitude. 

 EVERGREENS AND CONIFERS have become a 

 garden necessity. Every lawn, even of highly de- 

 veloped beauty, can be made more beautiful by their 

 use. We have many acres planted with beautiful 

 Evergreens of all the hardiest and choicest kinds. 

 Our Evei^rreens are well cultivated and can be dug 

 with a ball of roots and earth. These can be planted 

 in August. 

 ^BAY TREES— We have several thousand of these 

 attractive decorative trees in all forms and sizes. A 

 visi t to our nursery would be pleasing if only to see 

 these trees. 

 BOXWOOD— Everybody loves the aroma of old-fashioned Box- 

 wood, We have thousands of specimens. 1 1 is worth while to 

 travel any distance to see our collection, consisting of all sizes 

 and shapes. 

 RHODODENDRONS— Catawbiense, English Hardy Hybrids 

 and Maximum. Our collection consists of thousands of choice 

 specimens and ordinary sizes in the most desirable varieties. 

 HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS-For New and Old- 

 Fashioned Gardens, Beds and Borders. We have a large 

 quantity and complete collection. 

 DECORATIVE PLANTS FOR CONSERVATORIES, 

 Interior and Exterior Decorations are grown in our 

 iso.ooofeet of greenhouses. _ 



POT-QROWN STRAWBERRIES, HARDY TRAILING 



AND CLIMBING VINES— Ask for special lists. 

 TUBS— We manufacture tliem in all shapes and sizes. Ask 



for price list. 

 OUR ILLUSTRATED GENERAL CATALOGUE No. 25 

 is comprehensive and especially interesting, instructive and 

 helpful to intending purchasers. 



We Plan and Plant Grounds and Gardens Everywhere 



THE GENERAL SUPERVISION OF PUBLIC GROUNDS AND 



PRIVATE ESTATES A SPECIALTY 



VISITORS TO OUR NURSERIES ARE ALWAYS WELCOME 

 WE ARE ONLY A FEW MINUTES FROM NEW YORK CITY 



Nurserymen, Florists and Planters, Rutherford, N. J. 



Farr's Irises, Poppies and 

 Peonies for August Planting 



You CAN SAVE a whole year in the garden 

 by planting Irises and Oriental Poppies in 

 August and September, just as tliey have reached 

 the dormant stage. They will begin at once to 

 grow in their nevf homes and prepare for bursting 

 forth next spring in all their glory of royal coloring 

 and magnificence of form. The Iris, in its different 

 varieties, is a floral world of the widest scope, 

 and in an Iris garden there may be bloom nearly 

 every month in the year. The gorgeous 

 splendor of the Oriental Poppy conjures up 

 visions of the mysterious East and creates 

 an effect never to be forgotten. It's time, 

 too, to think seriously of planting Peonies — 

 t^ai is, if you wish them to bloom next spring. 



My Book, "Hardy Plants," Free 



If you have not a copy of my unique book, "Hardy Plants," 

 I'll gladly send you one. It tells all about Irises and Poppies 

 and many other splendid perennials — Peonies, Phloxes, Del- 

 phiniums, Asters, etc. — and how to grow them. Perhaps I 

 should tell you that the collections of both Irises and Peonies 

 grown at Wyomissing are the most complete in this country, 

 and that the classification, accurate nomenclature and descrip- 

 tions of the thousand or more varieties listed has led those who 

 have this book to look upon it more as a standard authority 

 on these two favorites than as a mere catalog. 



li is becoming generally known that Farr's Wyomissing 

 grown plants are not only strong and healthy and give quick 

 7-eszilts, but that they are absolutely true to name. 



Bertrand H. Farr 



Wyomissing Nurseries 



809-D Penn Street 



READING, PA. 



